Turkey Day Catch-Up

Here is the first of a couple of posts to catchup on recent Thanksgiving-related activities. We went up to Troy a week early to celebrate Thanksgiving because I had a job interview at AUM (Auburn University in Montgomery). I did fine, but it was pretty clear that they have an inside candidate for the job (an existing adjunct instructor). So even though they aren't "making a decision" until this week, I am not holding my breath. But, hey, I got an all expense paid trip to Troy for Thanksgiving. And I got kidnapped to tour the archaeology lab featuring the collections from Fusahatchee and all of David Chase's collections. That, plus the lasagna from Mr. G's was totally worth it. Also, we took Penny on the trip. She has pretty much dropped her afternoon nap now (she still takes a morning one) and that made it a lot easier to travel with her. Before, it was very hard to find a long enough stretch of time to travel. If we tried to travel during nap time she would just get increasingly hysterical because she would be so tired but couldn't sleep in the car. But now that's not much of an issue anymore and we are down to just run-of-the-mill "I hate my carseat" fussiness. She had a ball playing with all the stuffed animals around the house up there. At one point we turned the tables on her and piled all the animals onto her (instead of her piling them all on us). Here she is, looking adorable, and kissing the polar bear.